- present participle of exhilarate.
exhilarating
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People sometimes tell me about reading Salon avidly in their youth, how it felt like connecting to something exhilarating and cool and a bit crazy in the strange new expanses of the internet.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026
For the Churchill-quoting Prime Minister of Israel, we’d say “nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
And zonk it is, indeed; “Date Night” is an exhilarating, high-velocity, uplifting song with a surprisingly singable chorus.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Asked which is more exhilarating — scoring a goal or a touchdown — the two looked at each other and said in unison: “A touchdown!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Even though it was empty, something felt exhilarating and wrong about running across a road that big.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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